Courtesan with a Young Man (Wakashu) beside a Screen

Creator Name

Hishikawa Moronobu 菱川師宣

Cultural Context

Japan

Date

ca. 1679–84

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description

Woodblock print (sumizuri-e)

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Title

Courtesan with a Young Man (Wakashu) beside a Screen

Creator

Hishikawa Moronobu 菱川師宣, Japanese, 1618–1694, Artist

Worktype

Prints

Cultural Context

Japan

Material

Woodblock print (sumizuri-e); ink and hand-applied color on paper; horizontal ōban

Dimensions

Image: 10 3/4 × 14 1/2 in. (27.3 × 36.8 cm);
height: 27.305054centimetre;
width: 36.830074centimetre;
height: 42.068832centimetre;
width: 50.95885centimetre

Technique

Language

Date

ca. 1679–84

Provenance

Gift of Lee E. Dirks, in celebration of the Museum's 150th Anniversary, 2020

Style Period

Edo period (1615–1868)

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Source

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Subject

Topic

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Hishikawa Moronobu 菱川師宣, Courtesan with a Young Man (Wakashu) beside a Screen, ca. 1679–84, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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